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timhoffm · dstansby · web-flow · commit 56f9ce0f8d18 · 2024-02-23T11:39:51.000+01:00
Co-authored-by: David Stansby &lt;dstansby@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -8214,18 +8214,18 @@ def violinplot(self, dataset, positions=None, vert=True, widths=0.5,
           Otherwise, creates a horizontal violin plot.
 
         widths : float or array-like, default: 0.5
-          The maximal width of each violin in units of the *positions* axis.
-          The default is 0.5, which is half available space when using default
+          The maximum width of each violin in units of the *positions* axis.
+          The default is 0.5, which is half the available space when using default
           *positions*.
 
         showmeans : bool, default: False
-          Whether to indicate the mean with a line.
+          Whether to show the mean with a line.
 
         showextrema : bool, default: True
-          Whether to indicate the extrema with a line.
+          Whether to show extrema with a line.
 
         showmedians : bool, default: False
-          Whether to indicate the median with a line.
+          Whether to show the median with a line.
 
         quantiles : array-like, default: None
           If not None, set a list of floats in interval [0, 1] for each violin,
@@ -8336,18 +8336,18 @@ def violin(self, vpstats, positions=None, vert=True, widths=0.5,
           Otherwise, plots the violins horizontally.
 
         widths : float or array-like, default: 0.5
-          The maximal width of each violin in units of the *positions* axis.
+          The maximum width of each violin in units of the *positions* axis.
           The default is 0.5, which is half available space when using default
           *positions*.
 
         showmeans : bool, default: False
-          Whether to indicate the mean with a line.
+          Whether to show the mean with a line.
 
         showextrema : bool, default: True
-          Whether to indicate the extrema with a line.
+          Whether to show extrema with a line.
 
         showmedians : bool, default: False
-          Whether to indicate the median with a line.
+          Whether to show the median with a line.
 
         Returns
         -------
